Thermal Burn: an Epidemiological Retrospective Study

The present retrospective study has been conducted in Varanasi area, cases brought to the Department of Forensic Medicine, IMS, BHU, Varanasi for the period of two years i.e. 2009 and 2010. Total unnatural deaths reported during the study period deaths due to burn injuries were 17.98% and 17.07% respectively, showing the more or less steady trend. Female burn deaths dominated over male in the ratio of 1:4. Most of the deceased were from the married group (73.19%) followed by unmarried (23.55%). Predominant age group found to be 21–30 years (45.13%) followed by age group 11–20 and 31–40 years showing almost same rate around 20% reflecting that young adults were more involved in such type of deaths. As regards to place of death only 9.72% died on the spot or on the way to Hospital while 90.28% died in Hospital reflecting the prompt and proper health care services.